In 1908 Edison increased the playing time of the cylinders. From 1888-1902 the speed of the records varied so the record could fit the song, anywhere from 90-144rpm. After 1902 the speed was standardized at 160rpm. In 1908 Edison cylinders...

Transcript of William A. Love's manuscript history which he titled Autobiographical Sketch and Narrative Help's in Mississippi History. This history written in longhand by Love around 1925 is an attempt to tell Mississippi�s history from the...

Minutes of Cumberland Presbyterian Church convention held in Selma, Alabama, in 1863. Includes roll of ministers and elders present on each day of the convention, most from Alabama and Tennessee. The convention established committees for a...

Letter, Loulie Feemster to her husband, Alex W. Feemster, in Selma, Alabama. She is at her friend Hallie's and opens by telling him about her recent social calls. She says that the church doesn't seem ''much revived,'' but that the soldiers have...

international students holding flags from different nations line the sidewalk outside the First Presbyterian Church of Starkville in honor of Joseph Pressly Montgomery, Jr., International Student Advisor and a direct descendant of one of the...

international students holding flags from different nations line the sidewalk outside First Presbyterian Church of Starkville during funeral procession of Joseph P. Montgomery, Jr., International Student Advisor and a direct descendant of one of...

international students holding flags from different nations line the steps and sidewalk of First Presbyterian Church of Starkville during funeral procession of Joseph P. Montgomery, Jr., International Student Advisor and direct descendant of one of...

funeral procession outside First Presbyterian Church, Starkville; Students carrying international flags line the walkway outside church; Mr. Montgomery was International Student Advisor and a direct descendant of one on the founders of Mississippi...

gathering outside First Presbyterian Church, Starkville for funeral of Joseph P. Montgomery, Jr.; International Student Advisor and a direct descendant of one of the founders of Mississippi A&M College.

Diary kept from March 1848 to February 1851 by James Knox (1786-1864), a planter and Presbyterian church elder in Pickens County, Alabama. The diary records planting, harvesting, and other agricultural work, as well as Presbytery meetings and...